Wish Quotes

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Time, Lives, Public

'Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.
Joe Wright

Life, Happy, Important

With 'The Vampire Diaries,' it's not just a tease, especially with the relationships. You're not sitting there going, 'God, I wish they'd get it over with and kiss!' There's no teasing, they jump right into the action.
Candice Accola

God, Kiss, Action

When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
Wally Lamb

Girl, Down, Brother

If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a march; you must make an excitement, do something that everybody will notice.
Lewis Tappan

Bad, Off, Everybody

You should give no indication that we wish the three-way division of Bosnia.
Franjo Tudjman

Give, Bosnia, Division

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature.
Malcolm Boyd

Nature, Society, Both

My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one lifetime each in embryology, genetics, physics, astronomy and geology. The other lifetimes would be as a pianist, backwoodsman, tennis player, or writer for the 'National Geographic.'
Joseph Murray

Live, Lives, Possible

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.
Erskine Bowles

Said, Plan, Tax

I think every time you coach a certain team, when you leave that franchise, I think you continue to grow. You take a look at the things that you did, the things you wish you had done better. You analyze your strengths and your weaknesses, and then when you move to your next job, you continue to do the same thing.
Doug Collins

Time, Job, Done

I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now.
Roger McGough

Used, Word, Whimsical

If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular.
Connie Nielsen

Life, Happiness, God

It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune.
Eric Bristow

Nice, Find, Moment

The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.
Saku Koivu

Experience, Through, Play

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that, and to go to UCLA, and to become someone great in life!
Mila Kunis

Life, Great, Someone

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions I've received, it's blown me away. It's absolutely remarkable.
Mark McGwire

Away, Felt, Player

To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience.
Peter Sellers

Experience, Person, Screen

The 'movement' is paramount, the concept of 'family' is the symbol we wish to project.
Juan Antonio Samaranch

Family, Movement, Project

John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish I'd had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better.
Tony Levin

Music, Work, Great

I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that.
Christie Brinkley

Face, Guess, Sideways

There's a lot of times that both myself and my brother wish, obviously, that we were just completely normal.
Prince Harry

Brother, Times, Both

I wish there was something that - I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful acknowledgments, and I wish I could be more appreciative of what I do. But it's hard for me.
Harvey Korman

Hard, Wonderful, Letters

I just want to say I owe the whole reds organization a great deal. Great staff top to bottom and I wish those guys all the best.
Dontrelle Willis

Great, Best, Whole

You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.
Nigel Rees

Positive, Words, Put

Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
Aarti Sequeira

Great, Lazy, Around

I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.
Colleen Haskell

Great, Job, Film

I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I rather wish I had now, seeing all the fun everyone else was having.
Jane Birkin

Family, Fun, Different

I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die.
William Wiley

Time, Die, Known

I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be.
Tim Curry

Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music.
John Sebastian

Music, Tell, Whole

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